Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and tree sparrows (P. montanus)

I Literak; J Pinowski; M Anger; Z Juricova; H Kyu-Hwang; J Romanowski

doi:10.1080/03079459708419255

Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and tree sparrows (P. montanus)

Avian Pathol. 1997;26(4):823-7. doi: 10.1080/03079459708419255.

Authors

I Literak¹, J Pinowski, M Anger, Z Juricova, H Kyu-Hwang, J Romanowski

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.

PMID: 18483947
DOI: 10.1080/03079459708419255

Abstract

Synanthropic sparrows in Poland and the Czech Republic were tested for Toxoplasma gondii antibodies by an indirect fluorescent antibody test (titre>/=10). T. gondii antibodies were demonstrated in 12.3% of 227 house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and 4.9% of 41 tree sparrows (Passer montanus).